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Criminologist Mark Williams-Thomas, who has read the transcript of the police interview with Jimmy Savile, says it shows how controlling the performer was:

This is a man who is incredibly controlling. He makes threats to the police officers. He talks about ... how he owns Stoke Mandeville [hospital]. He talks about how he has had the keys to Broadmoor [high-security psychiatric hospital].

And he makes a direct threat to the officers that 'if this continues I will take you to the Old Bailey'.

In the transcript of Jimmy Savile's interview with Surrey Police, the disgraced performer repeatedly claims that the allegations against him were motivated by a desire to blackmail him, or by the newspapers "looking for a story".

Near the start of the interview, he tells police officers he has a "clear conscience".

Transcript of an interview of Jimmy Savile (referred to as 'JS') by Surrey Police in 2009

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What is clear from these transcripts is the sheer arrogance of the man and the fact that they put to him quite detailed allegations, from a number of women and time and again he lies about it - he denies doing anything wrong.

But more than that he's boastful. He boasts about how much money he's raised for the hospital, how he runs the hospital, how women are throwing themselves at him and he talks about other allegations that have been made, but says it's just women trying to get money.

The problem with it is that the police did catch up with him in 2009 but it didn't go any further, the Crown prosecution Service decided that there wasn't enough evidence and there has been criticism of both the police and the CPS dealt with this.

What it means for Savile is that here is a man who faced these allegations in his lifetime and was able to get away with it.

Police have defended their decision to buy GPS locating devices to trace dementia patients amid calls from some elder care campaigners for their withdrawal.

Sussex Police have bought six battery-powered locators as part of a bid to save money and time spent on searching for missing dementia patients.

The National Pensioners Convention described the introduction of the devices as "barbaric" and suggested sufferers could be stigmatised and made to feel like criminals.

But Sergeant Suzie Mitchell said: "The scheme is only costing Sussex Police a few hundred pounds but, comparing this to police time, resources, potential risk to the missing person, let alone the anxiety and worry for their family, it is, in my opinion, a few hundred pounds well spent."